Global

September 3, 2017 @ 5:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blackmoon Financial Group, an online lending platform and SaaS provider, announced last month its new Blockchain based service designed to power tokenized investment funds labeled Blackmoon Crypto. The new vertical strives to be a one stop solution for asset managers  to create, and manage legally, compliant… Read More

September 3, 2017 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Timelio, an online invoice financing marketplace operating in Australia, has received the backing of Anthony Thomson – a leading Fintech entrepreneur who is founder and Chairman of Atom Bank and founder and former Chairman of Metro Bank. Both Atom Bank and Metro Bank have positioned… Read More

September 2, 2017 @ 4:00 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Regulators in China are Said to Plan a Blanket Ban on Initial Coin Offerings In response of the ICO craze, regulators in China including PBC, CSRC and NIFA have held several internal meetings to discuss the best approach to regulate this emerging token creation events…. Read More

September 1, 2017 @ 12:11 pm By Barry James  |  

Crowdfunding is about to enter a new and more powerful phase. Having become ensnared in a tangle of aging regulation designed for a disconnected, opaque world of fast-talking strangers Crowdfunding – in all it’s forms but especially Equity (ECF) – has yet to live up… Read More

September 1, 2017 @ 11:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Germany’s biggest “Founders Festival” Bits & Pretzels, which is taking place in September, has announced that last year’s highlight speaker Kevin Spacey will once again return to Munich. While he will not be participating as a keynote speaker he will be joining the event as… Read More

September 1, 2017 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Fincera Inc. has received FINRA approval to change its ticker symbol to “YUANF“. Previously, the China based online lender had traded under “AUTCF”. Fincera trades on OTC Markets OTCQB. The Company’s common stock has been assigned a new CUSIP number of G3441J102 in connection with the… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 4:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Cringle, a smartphone app for users who want to quickly send money to friends across Europe, has returned Companisto for its second equity crowdfunding round, aiming to raise 600,000€ for 9.09% equity offered. The fintech equity crowdfunding campaign has raised over 135K€ with more than… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Traydstream has appointed Citi Bank’s former – Head of Trade for Europe, Middle-East & Africa (EMEA), Sameer Sehgal, as its Chief Executive Officer CEO. Traydstream said that Sehgal brings over 22 years’ expertise in trade, having held several senior roles over the years. Traydstream improves trade… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 3:29 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The Downoak Pub Bond Two offers an opportunity to lend to a trading company that owns and operates four freehold pub restaurants located in the Home Counties. The Bond, currently live in Downing Crowd, will offer investors a chance to earn up to 5.50% p.a. interest… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 2:52 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

New York-based Starta Accelerator has launched Token Rockets, an accelerator program targeting startups working with blockchain technology. The training will culminate in a new crowdsale of cryptographic tokens for each of the startups. “One of the options for developing such startups will be the introduction of… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 11:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the announcement of Bankera’s forthcoming Initial Coin Offering (ICO), a reader pointed out a discussion taking place on BitcoinTalk that is making serious accusations against the ICO and its founders. Several users on the forum have alleged that Bankera co-founder, Vytautas Karalevičius, is a scammer…. Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Renaud Laplanche, an icon of the online lending industry, has been added as a keynote speaker to the roster of headliners at the forthcoming LendIt Europe event taking place this October. Laplanche founded LendingClub in 2006 as a peer to peer lending platform designed to… Read More

August 30, 2017 @ 11:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Here is an interesting factoid, recently discovered. The ASX, or Australian Securities Exchange, the country’s primary market for trading securities is killing it in Initial Public Offerings in comparison to many of its global cousins. In fact, when you compare the ASX to some of… Read More

August 30, 2017 @ 7:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

SeedInvest and LendIt, the roving global Fintech conference, have partnered on live crowdfunding for the upcoming LendIt Europe event scheduled for this coming October. The live crowdfunding event is being billed as a European first. LendIt Europe participants will be able to invest directly in… Read More

August 30, 2017 @ 2:25 am By JD Alois  |  

TAB  (née Crowdsurfer) is out with an update on the status of alternative finance around the world. According to the data platform, alternative finance remains robust even as their Crowdfunding and Marketplace Finance Index (CAMFI) indicates a slight summer slowdown. CAMFI exhibited a decline last month, dropping… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 8:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK investment manager, Downing LLP, has appointed Michael Tefula, previously at Oxford Seed Fund and Deloitte, to its specialist Ventures investment team. Downing Ventures invests venture capital into early-stage technology businesses in the UK, prior to supporting these companies through phases of subsequent growth. They also… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online lending group 4Finance has reported financial results for the first six months as of June 30, 2017. According to the report, top line revenue has increased by 17% versus same period year prior. 4Finance says that revenue came in at €213.6 million compared with €… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 2:51 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Blockchain platform TenX has become the latest member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance – the world’s largest open-source blockchain initiative. The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance connects Fortune 500 enterprises, startups, academics, and technology vendors with Ethereum subject matter experts. Building upon the leading smart contract supporting blockchain… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 12:50 pm By Niels Turfboer  |  

Sites like Expedia and Booking.com have transformed the travel industry; can comparison sites do the same for financial services? By now we are all familiar with travel comparison sites like Expedia and Booking.com. Plug in your details and the computer will come up with a selection of options –… Read More

August 29, 2017 @ 11:37 am By Erin Hobey  |  

  Burger King Russia’s adoption of Waves Platform for its loyalty program shows that Distributed Ledger Technology could one day become as mainstream as burgers and fries. Fast food giant Burger King Russia has announced its new blockchain loyalty program, hosted on the Waves platform. Whoppercoin –… Read More